CONTENT FOR SALE Here we highlight some of the content that MIPCOM Country Of Honour Korea is presenting during MIPCOM Online+
AK ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPYUP STUDIO
A HIGHLIGHT for Korea’s AK Entertainment during MIPCOM is new action film King Of Prison (1 x 108 mins). The movie, directed by Kang Tae-ho, tells the story of a dominant ‘prison king’ criminal who wields power over the other inmates. Circumstances become even more challenging when the prison king’s enemy enters the prison and tries to usurp him with his gang members. The film stars Sol-gu Lee, In-seong Kang and Sang-jae Yoo.
PRE-SCHOOL CGI animation Comi & Bebe (52 x 6 mins) is a co-production for Korea’s HappyUp Studio with Lion Forge and EBS. The picture-book style stories feature the daily lives of young children with their friends and family in their village, in a technique that focuses on mixing music and narrative. The studio’s plans include a second and third series, new media content and a theatrical version.
King Of Prison (AK Entertainment)
Comi & Bebe (Happyup Studio)
MBC KOREAN broadcaster MBC is showcasing a range of programming and formats during MIPCOM. Oh! My Partner is a music talent competition in which two legendary Korean musicians team up with ordinary members of the public to perform their biggest hits in perfect harmony. The musicians and their respective teams, who compete to outshine each other with their performance, must select ideal singing mates out of the participants whose names, occupation and even their vocal skills are kept a secret. Another music-based show is Yooplash, in which fantastic musicians get together to produce a new composition in a relay style, transforming an eight-bit drumbeat of a novice drummer into musical masterpieces. My Working Vlog is an entertaining observational reality show that puts the focus on 24 hours of human activity and interaction in
workplaces. From digital nomads to freelancers, artists, civil servants and even foreign workers, the professional and social lives of workers come under the spotlight. The Paik Father: Cooking Must Go On is a new interactive cooking show, perfectly contact-free for the COVID-19 era. The show features unpredictable interactions between ‘Paik Father’ – a godfather of the culinary world — and a huge screen filled with cooking novices around the world. An extended version of the show introduces the entertaining behind stories of the culinary beginners. An interesting take on virtual reality is employed in Meeting You, a documentary that blends human stories with ground-breaking technology, exploring themes of human consciousness as long-lost and loved family members are brought back by VR, inspiring heartwarming memories.
The Paik Father: Cooking Must Go On (MBC)
Country Focus• 41 • OCTOBER 2020
Meeting You (MBC)
